Bihar badminton: Sandeep shows defending champion Sarfraz Alam the door

Patna: August 29, 2009:
Kumar Sandeep of Department of Post shocked defending champion Sarfraz Alam 22-20, 21-8 in the men singles semi-finals on the penultimate day of the Bihar State badminton championships at the Secretariat Badminton Hall here on Saturday.

In the other events of the day, Shantu Kumar of Bhagalpur moved into the final of cadet boys’ and midget singles. Promising Aman Ranjan of Patna entered the semi-finals of the men’s and junior boys’ singles events.


Top seed Rajesh Kumar will face second seed Zishan Ali in the sub-junior boys’ singles final. Alka Kumari, Archana Kumari, Akanksha Kumari and Amarita Thakur made the line up for women’s singles semi-finals.In the junior girls; singles event, Alka Kumari, Akanksha Kumari, Amrita Thakur and Arpana Kumari made the last four grades.

Results:
Men’s singles (semi-final): Kumar Sandeep bt Sarfraz Azam 22-20, 21-8.
Women’s singles (quarter-finals): Alka Kumari bt Milan Singh 21-3, 21-6; Archana Kumari bt Pinki Kumari 21-5, 21-7; Akanksha Kumari bt Anupma Kumari 21-0, 21-2; Amrita Thakur bt Arpana Kumari 21-9, 21-5.

Cadet boys’ singles (semi-finals): Shantu Kumar bt Saurav Anand 21-19, 21-12; Md Danish bt Gautam Kumar 21-15, 21-3.
Junior boys’ singles (quarter-finals): Aman Ranjan bt Divesh Kumar; Ujjawal Prakash bt Sudhanshu Kumar 21-19, 21-17; Sudhir Kumar Singh bt Rajesh Kumar 21-19, 18-21, 22-20; Gaurav Siddharth bt Akash Kumar 21-18, 20-22, 21-16.

Sub-junior boys’ singles (semi-finals): Rajesh Kumar bt Neeraj Kumar 21-6, 21-11; Zishan Ali bt Samar Vijay 14-21, 21-17, 21-15.
Junior girls’ singles (quarter-finals): Alka Kumari w/o Dolly Kumari; Akanksha Kumari bt Surbhi 21-18, 217; Amarita Thakur bt Pinki Kumari 21-3, 21-3 and Arpna Kumari bt Ankita Kumari 21-12, 21-8.
Junior boys’ doubles (quarter-finals): Manish Kumar & Suraj Prakash bt Akash Kumar & M Jha 21-19, 21-19; Divesh Kumar & Satish Kumar bt Danish Akhtar & Abhishek 21-12, 12-21, 21-11; Ujjawal Prakash & Gaurav Siddharth bt Dharmendra & Amit Kumar 21-17, 21-12 and Aman Ranjan & Rajesh Kumar bt Raman Gaurav & Anshul Sundram 21-11, 21-8.